Re: setting preferences in Sunbird

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 00:20:59 +0100
"Daniel Horecki" <shinden%linux.pl@localhost> wrote:

> On 11/1/07, Steven M. Bellovin <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost> wrote:
> > I'm having trouble setting preferences in Sunbird.  Rather, I can
> > set (most) preferences, but they're not saved.  This message shows
> > up in the error console.
> >
> > Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure
> > code: 0x80520015 (NS_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED)
> > [nsIPrefService.savePrefFile]"  nsresult: "0x80520015
> > (NS_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED)"  location: "JS frame ::
> > chrome://global/content/bindings/preferences.xml ::
> > set_valueFromPreferences :: line 334"  data: no]
> >
> > I can't even set http proxies; I set a similar message, except
> > pointing to line 1062.
> >
> > I'm assuming that this has something to do with the pkgsrc/NetBSD
> > port.  I'm running sunbird-0.3.1, from HEAD, on -current.  (I
> > noticed that sunbird has a very large number of patches.)  Any
> > suggestions?
> 
> Isn't that the same problem like in firefox, seamonkey, thunderbird?
> 
Firefox has lots of patches, but it works...


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb